1994 Florida State Seminoles football team

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1994 Florida State Seminoles football
Florida State Seminoles old logo.svg
ACC champion
Sugar Bowl champion
Sugar Bowl, W 23–17 vs. Florida
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 5
APNo. 4
Record10–1–1 (8–0 ACC)
Head coach
Offensive coordinator Mark Richt (1st season)
Offensive scheme Pro-style
Defensive coordinator Mickey Andrews (11th season)
Base defense 4–3
Home stadium Doak Campbell Stadium
Seasons
  1993
1995  
1994 Atlantic Coast Conference football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
No. 4 Florida State $ 8 0 010 1 1
No. 17 NC State 6 2 09 3 0
No. 15 Virginia 5 3 09 3 0
Duke 5 3 08 4 0
North Carolina 5 3 08 4 0
Clemson 4 4 05 6 0
Maryland 2 6 04 7 0
Wake Forest 1 7 03 8 0
Georgia Tech 0 8 01 10 0
  • $ Conference champion
Rankings from AP Poll

The 1994 Florida State Seminoles football team represented Florida State University in the 1994 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Bobby Bowden and played their home games at Doak Campbell Stadium. [1]

Contents

Schedule

DateTimeOpponentRankSiteTVResultAttendanceSource
September 33:30 p.m. Virginia No. 4 ABC W 41–1774,551 [2]
September 1012:00 p.m.at Maryland No. 4 JPS W 52–2038,014 [3]
September 176:30 p.m.at Wake Forest No. 3W 56–1420,317 [4]
September 247:30 p.m.No. 13 North Carolina No. 3
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
ESPN W 31–1878,111 [5]
October 87:30 p.m.at No. 13 Miami (FL) *No. 3ESPNL 20–3477,010 [6]
October 2212:00 p.m. Clemson Dagger-14-plain.pngNo. 10
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
JPSW 17–075,902 [7]
October 2912:00 p.m.No. 16 Duke No. 9
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL
JPSW 59–2073,899 [8]
November 512:00 p.m.at Georgia Tech No. 8JPSW 41–1045,206 [9]
November 1212:00 p.m.vs. Notre Dame *No. 8ABCW 23–1672,868 [10]
November 197:30 p.m.at No. 25 NC State No. 8ESPNW 34–352,400 [11]
November 2612:00 p.m.No. 4 Florida *No. 7
  • Doak Campbell Stadium
  • Tallahassee, FL (rivalry)
ABCT 31–31 80,210 [12]
January 28:30 p.m.vs. No. 5 Florida*No. 7ABCW 23–1776,224 [13]
  • *Non-conference game
  • Dagger-14-plain.pngHomecoming
  • Rankings from AP Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

[14]

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
AP 3 (10)4 (8)4 (8)3 (5)3 (3)3 (4)3 (4)111098887774
Coaches 2 (13)3 (6)4 (1)33 (2)3 (1)8776666775

Roster

1994 Florida State Seminoles football team roster
PlayersCoaches
Offense
Pos.#NameClass
QB 13 Danny Kanell Jr
WR 15 Phillip Riley Jr
C 53 Clay Shiver Jr
WR 80 Tamarick Vanover Jr
Defense
Pos.#NameClass
CB 2 Clifton Abraham Sr
DB 11 Devin Bush Sr. Jr
LB 10 Derrick Brooks Sr
CB 20 James Colzie So
CB 4 Corey Fuller Sr
Special teams
Pos.#NameClass
Head coach
Coordinators/assistant coaches

Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (S) Suspended
  • (I) Ineligible
  • Cruz Roja.svg Injured
  • Redshirt.svg Redshirt

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